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May 05, 2024
There hasn't been a lack of sprawling Chinese fantasy epics these days, but the genre has moved from money-hungry blockbuster productions to small-scale streamer films. Wuershan seems keen to curve that trend, which prompted this first film in what'll hopefully be a series. And he doesn't disappoint. Everything about this production is epic, though people expecting a full-on action spectacle may be a little disappointed (in good tradition, there's also a lot of betrayal and double-crossing). It's not a film that reinvents the genre, but considering the lack of similar films nowadays, it's a very welcome entry.